Powder box



April 14, 1931. B. ROSENTHAL 1,800,230

PownER Box Filed Nov. 18, 1929 Patented pr. 14, 1931 PATENT OFFICE '.BLAROSENTHAL, OF BUDAPEST, HUNGARY POWDER BOX Application led November 18,1929, Serial No. 408,103, and in Hungary August 7, 1929.

Powder boxes are known in ladies beauty culture, in which a certainquantity of loose has been opened, by turning the powder container byhand, in which the loose powder is whirled up by fixed blades or scoopsarranged in the powder container and forced through the holes. Thehandling of such boxes is however inconvenient and requires a certainamount of skill.

As compared with powder boxes of this type, the invention relates to apowder box, the essential feature of which consists in that a rotatablymounted bladeor vane-wheel is arranged in a stationary powder containerand positively connected with a casing movable in rectilineal directionenclosing the box, so that by the movement of the casing in relation tothe box the bladeor vane-wheel is caused to rotate, resulting in thedelivery of the loose powder. Consequently on the opening of the box thepowder is delivered at the same time.

Two embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example inthe accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectionthrough one form of construction.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows a second form of construction in perspective view.

According to the form of construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3 the box b,enclosing the actual powder container a, is surrounded by a casing,composed of two like parts c and d. These parts extend through the box band can be moved apart a certain distance the movement being limited bystuds e; the box is then open (Figs. l and 2). On pushing together thecasing parts c and cl their two inner edges abut, the box being therebyclosed.

A pin f is rotatably mounted in the bottom of the box Y) and a spurwheel g is keyed on this pin. The pin f projects through an .opening inthe bottom of the powder-container a and a bladeor vane-wheel h isfastened on its upper part. The powder container a is closed at the topby a perforated lid z', held in position by two resilient tongs Zfastened on the casing 7c, surrounding the powder container a. A metalmirror 'n is also mounted 66 on the lid z' by means of a spring hinge m.

The pin e limiting the movement of the casing part d is preferably alsoutilized as pivot pin for a rack o, meshing with the spur wheel g, aspring p being provided in known manner for ensuring that the spur wheeland the rack remain in. permanent engagement.

From the foregoing it will be seen that, each time the casing part l isdisplaced in relationto'thebox d, the bladeor vane-wheel' 65 it will berot-ated bythe positive connection between the spur Wheel'` g and therack 0, which` rotationF results in: the powder being delivered throughthe holes in the lid z'. If therefore the casing parts c and Z are moved70 apart, so that the powder container is accessible, the metal mirror asprings open automatically into the position shown in Fig. 3, and thepad placed on the lid i receives sufficient powder for a single use.

Instead of the positive connection, consisting of a spur wheel and arack, between the box and the one casing part actuating same,

a positive connection composed of a ratchet wheel and a ratchet rack maybe employed. Such a construction presents the advantage, that theturning of the blade or vane wheel and therefore the delivering of theloose powder can only be effected by the movement of the correspondingcasing part in one direction, for example, when. opening.

The form of construction shown in Fig. 4 differs from that describedonly in that the box Z) is arranged in a casing r open on one side. Thebox b is pulled out of the casing by means of a tab s. Instead of a taba knob may be provided. In this form of construction the above describedpositive connection between the box b and the casing r is also employed,so that on opening the box the loose SNL` powder is delivered Adepression is preferably provided in the lid of the powder container',in which a lip-stick (rouge) t is placed I claim l. A powder box,comprising in combinaton, a rigid powder container, 'a lid on saidcontainer having holes for delivering the powder, a blade-` 'orvane-wheel rotatably 'mounted in said container, a rectilineallydisplaceable casing surrounding said powder icontainer, and meansconnecting said casing with said wheel adapted to rotate said wheel lonthe opening of the box. i

2. A powder box as specified in claim l, comprising in combina-tion withthe casing and the bladewheel, a tooth wheel on said boss, and a rackconnected to said casing, adapted to engage in said tooth wheel. v

3. A powder box as specified in claim l, comprising in combination withthe casing and the bladeor vane-wheel, a rack swivelly mounted on thecasing, a tooth wheel engaging-with said rack, and a spring adapted tomaintain said wheel in mesh with said rack.

4. A powder box as speciiied in claim l,

comprising in combination with the box and i the bladeor vane-wheel, acasing composed of two like parts guided rectilineally surrounding saidbox the edges of said parts adapted to abut, and an element mounted onone of said casing parts adapted to actuate said blade wheel.

5. A powder box as specified in claim l,

gcomprisng in combination with the powder container, a spring actuatedmirror adapted to spring up, when the box is being opened.

BLA ROSENTHAL.

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